More controversy about data protection & accident & injury claims
This story is the proverbial “hot potato” at the moment. In developments this week :-
- Allegations that some police forces selling information to recovery companies who in turn sell onto claims companies who in turn sell onto lawyers. Police forces admit charging administration fees to recovery companies but deny deliberate data breach and claim that recovery companies involved due to necessity to clear accident scenes,
- One police force alleged to have collected £1,3 million in year through charging administration fees to recovery companies
- Jack Straw states that personal injury claims now worth £14 billion a year, having increased markedly in the last few years, despite injuries recorded as a result of car accidents decreasing
- Mr Straw also states that the number of claims companies has doubled to 3,400 in 2 years.
